FINAT

In a market defined by rapid change, increasing complexity and rising customer expectations, one advantage stands above all: your network. From 27 – 29 May 2026, the FINAT European Label Forum 2026 (ELF) will bring together Europe’s leading label printers, suppliers and industry experts for three days of high-level exchange, strategic insight and meaningful peer-to-peer collaboration. For owners and managers of label printing companies, ELF 2026 is not just another conference.

With Cap-Lock for Vials, Schreiner MediPharm, a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative functional labels for the healthcare industry, in cooperation with CDMO OECHSLERhealth, introduces a novel solution for analog and digital first-opening indication. The solution addresses key challenges around product integrity, patient safety, and digitalization of primary packaging and was presented for the first time at Pharmapack in Paris.

Printing professionals in Germany will get a rare chance to go behind the scenes of a real label production environment when Xeikon Innovation Days On Tour starts its first stop in Bünde on 26 and 27 March. The event, held in collaboration with Mail Druck + Medien GmbH, brings together label printing professionals from across the industry to see how digital label production works in practice, without the need for pre-formed tools or long lead times.

For more than three decades, Labelexpo Europe has been the global meeting point for the label and narrow-web community, and FINAT has been proud to stand alongside it as a long-term association partner. The move from Labelexpo to LOUPE (Labels and OUter Packaging Embellishment) from 2026 is more than a rebrand.

Founded in 1987, Novarex has built a strong reputation for producing labels for the food and logistics industries, traditionally relying on flexographic printing technologies. Four years ago, a change in management brought a renewed sense of energy and ambition to the company. “While Novarex is an established business with extensive experience in label printing, we now have the energy, drive, and ambitions of a young, hungry start-up,” says Novarex partner Giacomo Bergamin.

Leading finishing machine manufacturer, A B Graphic International (ABG), has expanded its finishing and converting portfolio with the launch of its Integrated Nonstop Unwind, a compact, high-performance solution designed to help label converters maximise uptime, efficiency and automation. The Integrated Nonstop Unwind enables continuous production for either blank web converting or pre-printed material converting, delivering splice registration accuracy of ±2mm.

VPF GmbH & Co. KG from Sprockhövel presents its newly developed polyimide adhesive material (VPF item 630900-1001-801): A technically high-performance polyimide system that combines excellent thermal and chemical resistance with very good printability. It is available from 200 m² – with impressive quality and attractive conditions.

Atlantic Packaging Products (“Atlantic”) is excited to announce that its packaging solution for the Zavida Coffee Roasters® Organica coffee has won the Best in Class PAC Global award in the Technical category for package innovation design at the 2026 PAC Global Awards.

Step by step, the Stratus Packaging Group is positioning itself as one of the most dynamic European players in the label market, thanks to its innovative, sustainable packaging solutions tailored to market needs, as well as the relevance of its development strategy. The latest acquisition of the Stratus Packaging Group, Freppel Imprimeur, based in Colmar since 1968, enables the Group to reach a new milestone in its growth.

In response to growing demands for trust, transparency and verified ownership in the Scotch whisky market, CCL Label today announces the development of SmartCask™ (by Checkpoint), an advanced digital identification and data platform designed to bring secure, long-term traceability to whisky cask management. „Recent revelations from BBC’s Disclosure: Hunting the Whisky Bandits have sent shockwaves through the spirits industry.